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New CPRA Case Law and Legislation for 2021 While an expansive array of records can be sought via a California Public Records Act request, the right to inspect public records is not without limits. The CPRA does not give unlimited access to records that may be exempt from disclosure. Occasionally the public’s right of access must yield to exemptions, such as individual privacy rights and defined privileges. However, transparency remains the goal. Last year, the California Legislature and cour...

For many, perhaps everyone, 2020 will go down as a year they’d rather forget. However, the huge news that came in 2020 is unforgettable. By March, the coronavirus had swept into the world, the nation and Central Texas, drastically changing the way people work, shop, eat and live. It ushered in changes to the Copperas Cove area that will likely leave lasting impacts to the local landscape. It impacted everyone. A few months later, on Sept. 1, the Copperas Cove City Council approved the new ...

Service Workers Employers are also required to identify the number of employees by race, ethnicity, and sex whose annual earnings fall within each of the pay bands used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Occupational Employment Statistics survey. To do so, the employer must calculate the total earnings for each employee for the entire reporting year, whether or not the employee worked a full calendar year. Lastly, the report must include the total number of hours each employee worked...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: For the past five years or so, two words have become commonplace in Sacramento and throughout California: “housing crisis.” Everyone seems to acknowledge that we have one. Most people agree that we should try to address it. Few seem to agree on how. The 2020 legislative session, like several before it, began with promise. Governor Newsom has proclaimed his support for lofty goals in terms of unit production. Democrats and Republic...

Despite Limited Success for Housing Bills in the 2020 Legislative Session, 2021 Should Present Opportunities For Developers Tuesday, December 22, 2020 For the past five years or so, two words have become commonplace in Sacramento and throughout California:  “housing crisis.” Everyone seems to acknowledge that we have one. Most people agree that we should try to address it. Few seem to agree on how. The 2020 legislative session, like several before it, began with promise. Governor...

ABC cites two El Paseo restaurants for defying Governor’s stay-at-home order Agents from the California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control issued citations to two restaurants along El Paseon in Palm Desert for failing to comply with health orders. The current stay-at-home order in effect limits restaurants to take-out and delivery only. Earlier this afternoon, KESQ News Channel 3 was tagged in a video on Twitter showing agents, apparently armed, entering Armandos Mexican Bar & Grill. The...

Xavier Becerra: Biden makes phony “left” gesture with Health and Human Services cabinet pick President-elect Joe Biden announced last week the nomination of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The department, with a yearly budget of more than $1.4 trillion, is expected to play an outsized role in the opening days of the Biden administration in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before his role as attorney general, Becerra, a Democr...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As we rapidly approach the end of a year of COVID-related challenges and uncertainties, CEQA practitioners may want to review the year’s key legislation impacting CEQA and its application, which was contained in the handful of bills summarized below. AB 168 (Aguilar-Curry). This urgency legislation became effective with the Governor’s signature on September 25, 2020.  It amends Government Code §§ 65400, 65913.4 and 65941.1 to ...

HOA Homefront – Requests for HOA Information (Part 2) [The San Diego Union-Tribune] Part 1: Questions about HOA disclosures. Q: I attended my first HOA meeting and I noticed that the format is slightly different from city council meetings. Board members were provided a lengthy document prepared by management, containing specific details on water usage, maintenance requests, and detailed financials. I queried if the report was available, and was told no, they are only provided to board members...

Q: I attended my first HOA meeting and I noticed that the format is slightly different from city council meetings. Board members were provided a lengthy document prepared by management, containing specific details on water usage, maintenance requests, and detailed financials. I queried if the report was available, and was told no, they are only provided to board members. In city council meetings, documents that don’t violate confidentiality or executive session privilege must be made availabl...